British freight wagons right up to the 1970s barely differed from the ones in common use in the mid 19th century. Four wheeled, unfitted (no automatic brakes), constructed mainly of wood and still running on grease or oil...

I exhibited two gauge 1 exhibition layouts. Mardy Colliery was a representation of a typical National Coal board colliery with small industrial locomotives and typical British four wheel wagons. It was immensely popular on the show circuit but had a fatal flaw in its construction and its days were numbered as the baseboard tops...

Gottersee. A Bavarian branch line in Gauge 1]]>12Train show jackpot!Sat, 16 Feb 2019 01:40:24 +0000http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/train-show-jackpot.121811/
http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/train-show-jackpot.121811/invalid@example.com (Keith)Keith
Have NOT seen anything I realy needed, or just had to have in many years!
Yesterday and today, I was able to land the following G Scale stuff!

GM promotional GE U-25B by Aristo Craft. Test run only! From 2001.

Stroh's Beer wood reefer by Delton...

Train show jackpot!]]>14Mardy Colliery, A groundbreaking Gauge 1 exhibition layout.Wed, 30 Jan 2019 20:13:49 +0000http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/mardy-colliery-a-groundbreaking-gauge-1-exhibition-layout.123003/
http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/mardy-colliery-a-groundbreaking-gauge-1-exhibition-layout.123003/invalid@example.com (kevsmith)kevsmith
For many modellers the gauge 1 layout that was a turning point in scenic 10mm modelling was my 'Mardy Colliery' built in the mid 1980s. I had become more and more disillusioned with 0 scale and the rapid commercialisation of the scale and wanted to do something more obscure.

Gauge 1 in those days was principally live steam with a mixture of clockwork and various electrics systems thrown in. The Gauge 1 Model Railway Association had done an incredible job of promoting the scale and...

Mardy Colliery, A groundbreaking Gauge 1 exhibition layout.]]>5Hello from cnw400Sat, 19 Jan 2019 01:07:05 +0000http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/hello-from-cnw400.122598/
http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/hello-from-cnw400.122598/invalid@example.com (cnw400)cnw4001Working wagon tippler in gauge 1Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:58:37 +0000http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/working-wagon-tippler-in-gauge-1.121997/
http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/working-wagon-tippler-in-gauge-1.121997/invalid@example.com (kevsmith)kevsmith
One such was an experiment to recreate a coal unloading facility for colliery wagons. On my Mardy Coliery layout we used to load the coal wagons with real coal under the coal screens, run the fulls down to the hidden sidings, empty them out and bring them back up the hill as empties.

I started to wonder whether it was feasible to do the other end of the process and build the sort of...

Working wagon tippler in gauge 1]]>3Live Steam in gauge 1Tue, 11 Dec 2018 09:08:21 +0000http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/live-steam-in-gauge-1.121794/
http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/live-steam-in-gauge-1.121794/invalid@example.com (kevsmith)kevsmith
The most popular British live steam loco is the LMS 4F 0-6-0. The Gauge 1 model railway association published a book on constructing this simple, single cylinder design and many have been built using the book as a guide.

My gauge 3 days]]>4Abandoned gauge 1 projectMon, 03 Dec 2018 17:40:46 +0000http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/abandoned-gauge-1-project.120362/
http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/abandoned-gauge-1-project.120362/invalid@example.com (kevsmith)kevsmith
I',m running a thread on the Z forum as it is the tenth anniversary of my 'Cuyahoga' Nickel Plate Road layout which has been a firm favourite on the U.K model railway show circuit for years..

However its success, and a move to a smaller house in the Lake District effectively killed off my Gauge 1 NKP project. This was planned to be a small wayside station on the Clover leaf route and i had started scratchbuilding rolling stock for it in 1/32 scale

This is as far as I got

Lima...

Abandoned gauge 1 project]]>21bachmann trains compatible lgb track?Fri, 09 Nov 2018 00:07:24 +0000http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/bachmann-trains-compatible-lgb-track.121083/
http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/bachmann-trains-compatible-lgb-track.121083/invalid@example.com (b-16707)b-16707
Wanted to add the LGB crossing as seen in this random site i found: https://bid.moyerauction.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/18462/lot/2608705 but before jumping on the LGB track wagon, would my...

bachmann trains compatible lgb track?]]>6Time to run!Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:35:48 +0000http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/time-to-run.81583/
http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/time-to-run.81583/invalid@example.com (Keith)Keith
Too good to pass on, so I pulled out my GP40's, 10 cars and a caboose.
I ran a train out front for a couple of hours, until remote batteries completely failed!!
Throttle kept shutting down. So, I had to quit.
Since I do NOT have any extra 3A batteries, to replace those in remote.
Guess I have to get another 4 pack of rechargeable batteries for my remote! Have them charging now, so I might try again tomorrow, if weather is...

Time to run!]]>470Trackage questionWed, 17 Oct 2018 01:48:53 +0000http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/trackage-question.120430/
http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/trackage-question.120430/invalid@example.com (Massey)Massey3adding lights to my G scale ThomasThu, 11 Oct 2018 19:02:08 +0000http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/adding-lights-to-my-g-scale-thomas.120518/
http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/adding-lights-to-my-g-scale-thomas.120518/invalid@example.com (b-16707)b-16707adding lights to my G scale Thomas]]>3Livestock VagonSat, 23 Jun 2018 07:19:58 +0000http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/livestock-vagon.117975/
http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/livestock-vagon.117975/invalid@example.com (Xavier A.)Xavier A.
Sorry, but lately I have not been able to enter what I wanted in the forum. Work topics.
Well, not to bore too much, here I leave some pictures of the construction of this livestock wagon.
I hope you like it

...

Livestock Vagon]]>1Setting up a ceiling/wall train for sonWed, 04 Apr 2018 19:29:48 +0000http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/setting-up-a-ceiling-wall-train-for-son.103672/
http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/setting-up-a-ceiling-wall-train-for-son.103672/invalid@example.com (Keith Ledbetter)Keith Ledbetter
First of all I have been out of model railroading for about 20 years now but as my son is 2.5 years old now he really loves them so I figured I would dive back in.

I am building myself an n scale layout in the basement but wanted to do something fun for my son I could put in his room so I decided on a shelf train near the ceiling.

I researched a lot of different options online. I really wanted a clean look that didn't need to be supported from...

From Yesterday's Asheville, NC Train Show]]>7Progress on my bashing TOY g scale railroadThu, 15 Feb 2018 05:35:54 +0000http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/progress-on-my-bashing-toy-g-scale-railroad.114470/
http://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/progress-on-my-bashing-toy-g-scale-railroad.114470/invalid@example.com (jon tgood)jon tgood. Have sent away for a slew of 27mhz crystals to re-crystal the remotes that are running on 27.145mhz. The crystal in the controller is straight forward but the circuit board is where you need to retune the onboard crystal. This is...